Do you work hard and still feel like you're not getting anywhere? Do you remember a time when you had dreams of doing something great or exciting with your life? At one time in your life, probably as a kid, your dreams were limitless and you thought you could do anything. But then you started having negative references or influences from people around you. Maybe you liked to be creative and loud and your parents would tell you, "Stop that, quiet down, your acting ridiculous." And after being told many times that your behavior was not right, you would bury your feelings and forget, kill a part inside you that was longing to shine.
Sometimes we had brothers and sisters that told us negative things or put us down. After a while we believed them. Or maybe you had positive influences in your household, but you saw your parents or parent struggle even after working very hard. In your mind you started to think that the reality of life was constant struggle and pain. Some people come from abusive backgrounds, others were orphans, some people even had great fortunate childhoods, but still in their adult life struggle to find their way to make a living.
I am here to tell you, that despite your childhood and upbringing, you can control your present state. You can be wealthy, happy, healthy, and loving. Your reality is only what you determine it is. There is always an example of someone worse off, who has done great things and been successful.
I can give you an example of a friend of mine from Cambodia, who as a little kid watched his parents killed in front of him. He was tortured by the military police and often beaten. He and his brother found a way to escape and were given an opportunity to be adopted by a family in the United States. This person was the most positive person I knew and worked harder than anyone I knew. He had already accomplished having a home and a car when I met him, and I am sure that many years later he is still successful because of his attitude toward life and work. You see somebody always has it worse than you. Our reality of life is only in our heads. Our brains can be our best asset or our biggest enemy.
Success strategies when applied correctly will work for anyone and everyone. I am not saying that you always accomplish your goals on the first try. There are always going to be obstacles and unseen events that nobody can control. What I am saying is that you can have strategies for attacking not only your goals but for handling problems. As long as you are on track reaching toward your goals constantly, you will only see temporary defeat and then bam!
You will always have "problems" or "challenges", only the dead have no problems. But you can handle your problems with a different attitude. That is the key to true success. We have all heard the story of Thomas Alva Edison, who invented the incandescent light bulb. He failed more than a thousand times before he actually got it right. When people asked him how could of he failed so many times, he would simply tell them, "I know that each time I failed it brought me closer to my goal." That statement is powerful, think about it carefully. Each failure will bring you closer to your intention as long as you keep going after a failure. The people that never try will never fail. Those same people will never live life the way they are supposed to.
In life, too many people get caught up in mediocrity, just surviving, paying the bills, feeling frustrated, and hating their jobs. That is a horrible way to live. There is so much out there for you. But you got to get out there and get it. Then once you get hooked on the passion of life, I want you to continue your journey and create the life of your dreams. Your success has nothing to do with your religion, economic background, race, facial features, current job position, or past school grades. Your success has to do with your attitude and the action that you take on a daily basis. In order to determine your actions requires that you learn and apply success strategies that have been applied by others before you.
